Randall High School’s Logan Brittain set a new area record of 7 feet 3 inches at WT classic

JAMES BARRINGTON Canyon News staff

Published 10:53 am, Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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Randall High School’s Logan Brittain set a new area record of 7 feet 3 inches at WT classic

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Last weekend’s WT Classic track and field meet produced 26 new meet records, with only 10 records still standing from the first year of the event in 2012.

For the girls, it was Tascosa who finished first in the team standings, with Randall in second, Lubbock in third, Canyon in fourth and Amarillo in fifth. Frenship, Palo Duro, Caprock, Dumas and Bushland rounded out the top 10.

For the boys, Tascosa was first, Amarillo was second, Randall was third, Frenship was fourth and Canyon was fifth. Plainview, Caprock, Dumas, Panhandle and Hartley rounded out the top 10.

While many athletes were setting or tying records while leading their events, it was Logan Brittain and his high jumping prowess that stopped the action and attracted the crowd to the north end of the track when he cleared 7 feet, 1 inch and went for more. Having previously cleared the seven-foot mark, with the meet championship already in his pocket he had the bar raised to 7-1 immediately, and on his first attempt, cleared it easily. A celebration erupted among his teammates, coaches and family.

Brittain immediately went to work to see how high he could go, moving the bar to 7-2. His high mark for the day was clearing 7-3.

“Really, every meet I just go out and jump until I can’t jump any more,” Brittain said. “There’s a lot of mental stuff. If you don’t think you’re going to do it, you’re probably not going to.”

He said that it was at the regional meet during his freshman year that he realized he could jump higher than most people. “I went 6-10 my freshman year. After that I knew I had a future in it.” That future is taking him to the University of Texas on a track scholarship.

In girls’ events, Randall’s Erika DeWitt won the 3200 meter race in a new meet record time of 11:42.11.

Canyon’s Arin Rice set new meet records, winning the 1600 and 800 meter races. Rice completed the 1600 in 5:06.30 and the 800 in 2:15.97.

Randall’s Jasmine Mings tied the meet record for the girls’ high jump with a leap of 5-2.

For the boys, Brittain was not only the high jump winner, but he won the long jump as well, with a meet record jump of 22-3.

Randall’s Jared Robertson set meet records in the 3200 and 1600 meter races. He completed the 3200 in 9:53.81 and the 1600 in 4:31.82. Teammate Tristen Woods took the 400 meter race with a meet record time of 49.53.